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Here at the Pod, we share thoughts and opinions about the need to think beyond tokens of diversity in
children’s literature. As we get rooted, we will feature stories about Citizens of Change. Please stay a while, and join the conversation.
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September 2, 2025
Before the Radcliffe line in 1947, there was Sanjha Panjab – a territory sharing language, food and agricultural knowledge. Cyril Radcliffe had never even visited the […]
August 7, 2025
To talk about stories centred around food while simultaneously witnessing the forced starvation of populations around the world would seem thoughtless, cruel, antagonistic even, if not for the […]
May 31, 2025
As an educator, how would you continue teaching young children, when all that remains is a tent, with limited access to any food or water and […]
April 14, 2025
CHALLENGE INJUSTICE These are the words that come to mind when thinking of Vaisakhi. It’s not the food, festivals or folktales but the fierce commitment to being […]
July 20, 2024
When words are spoken directly from the mouths of children, there are few, if any other words that can compare. Recent reports provide proof of the […]
April 16, 2024
ALT TEXT included for all images. Narratives about marginalized communities are often packed into dense textbooks, making them inaccessible to young minds, or the stories are […]
December 6, 2023
This is not just another book list. Like you – the people who are raising their voices, condemning through protest, shouting, screaming and/or conveying through art […]